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. 2021 Apr 16;18(6):1375–1386. doi: 10.1038/s41423-021-00639-2

Table 2.

Immunotherapeutic strategies that are currently under investigation for the treatment of immunopathological liver disease

Therapeutic strategy Targeted disease Potential mechanism Refs
Oral anti‐CD3 mAb NASH

Induction of CD4+ latency-associated peptide (LAP)-positive Tregs.

Increased levels of TGF-β

92,93

Bovine colostrum (IMM-124E)

(NCT03042767)

NAFLD IgG antibody against bacterial LPS to prevent TLR4 signaling and cytokine release 116

Cenicriviroc

(NCT02217475)

NASH

Liver fibrosis

Blockade of C-C chemokine receptors type 2 and 5 94,95

Hypothermic ex vivo machine perfusion

(NCT04203004)

Ischemia-reperfusion injury in liver transplantation Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion with cytokine filtration of TNFα, IL-6, IL-8, and endothelin-1 98